William Albert Allard Quotes

#1. I think the best pictures are often on the edges of any situation, I don't find photographing the situation nearly as interesting as photographing the edges.

William Albert Allard

#2. Words and pictures can work together to communicate more powerfully than either alone.

William Albert Allard

#3. Photography is a way of introducing people to other people.

William Albert Allard

#4. You've got to push yourself harder. You've got to start looking for pictures nobody else could take. You've got to take the tools you have and probe deeper.

William Albert Allard

#5. What is right? Simply put, it is any assignment in which the photographer has a significant spiritual stake ... spiritually driven work constitutes the core of a photographer's contribution to culture.

William Albert Allard

#6. In my photography, color and composition are inseparable. I see in color.

William Albert Allard

#7. What's really important is to simplify. The work of most photographers would be improved immensely if they could do one thing: get rid of the extraneous. If you strive for simplicity, you are more likely to reach the viewer.

William Albert Allard

#8. I think the 50mm lens is an extremely good discipline lens; it requires you to see in a more refined way, not just tighter.

William Albert Allard

#9. All I need is my brains, my eyes and my personality, for better or for worse.

William Albert Allard

#10. I believe in the resonance and staying power of quiet photographs. These photographs required a certain seeing, but few special techniques, and no tricks. Something though was hard. It was hard being between photographs and not knowing when or how another image would reveal itself.

William Albert Allard

#11. You have to care. You can't do good work if you don't care. That's not necessarily a strength, but it gives you strength.

William Albert Allard